Prosperity & Depression

Four introductory vocabulary routines to introduce content and concepts.

Students can use this chart to review key terms in unit 7

Teachers can use this chart to review relevant unit vocabulary prior to teaching the unit

Students will complete a graphic organizer to track the cultural shifts in America in the 1920's.  Students will then be able to answer the following questions: What were the American cultural movements in the 1920’s? What were the debates surrounding these movements?  

Students will examine multiple sources to analyze the consumer culture of the 1920's in the United States.  

Students will use analyze documents from the debate over the 18th amendment; from the documents, they will collect evidence to construct an argument answering the prompt about a contemporary debate.

Students will examine primary sources from a congressional debate over immigration quotas in the 1920's.  Students will then compare this debate with the present day debate over immigration. 

Students will use the documents to write an essay discussing the shifts in American culture that took place in the 1920?s.  This is based on a NYS regents exam DBQ - however it is not originally a NYS Regents DBQ.  

Students will examine photographs taken by James VanDerZee during the Harlem Renaissance to explore black culture in the 1920's.   Students will compare and contrast the photographs with a Langston Hughes poem and excerpt of Frederick Douglass's writing to build a deeper understanding of the Harlem Renaissance.  

Students will analyze writing of both Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes to unpack ideas around race and identity during the Harlem Renaissance. 

Students will analyze Good Morning, I too, and Harlem by Langston Hughes. 

Students will analyze poetry and song lyrics for symbolic representations. 

The Negro Motorist Green Books were published between 1936 - 1964 by Victor Hugo Green. It was an annual guidebook for African American travelers, and commonly referred to as the Green Book. The purpose behind its publication was to assist African American travelers in finding businesses that welcomed them in the harsh realities of a segregated America during the Jim Crow Era. 

The Negro Motorist Green Books were published between 1936 - 1964 by Victor Hugo Green. It was an annual guidebook for African American travelers, and commonly referred to as the Green Book. The purpose behind its publication was to assist African American travelers in finding businesses that welcomed them in the harsh realities of a segregated America during the Jim Crow Era. 

The Negro Motorist Green Books were published between 1936 - 1964 by Victor Hugo Green. It was an annual guidebook for African American travelers, and commonly referred to as the Green Book. The purpose behind its publication was to assist African American travelers in finding businesses that welcomed them in the harsh realities of a segregated America during the Jim Crow Era. 

The Negro Motorist Green Books were published between 1936 - 1964 by Victor Hugo Green. It was an annual guidebook for African American travelers, and commonly referred to as the Green Book. The purpose behind its publication was to assist African American travelers in finding businesses that welcomed them in the harsh realities of a segregated America during the Jim Crow Era. 

Students will analyze an infographic to better understand the causes and effects of the Great Depression. 

Students will examine and evaluate economic indicators for a better understanding of the Great Depression. 

Students will watch a documentary from the 1930's to better understand the relationship between the environment and the economy, and the causes of the Dust Bowl. 

Students will read two essays by John Steinbeck to examine the impact of the Great Depression on Americans, and compare them to photographs of Dust Bowl migrants.  

Students will use the graphic organizer to keep track of and describe the New Deal programs meant to provide aid to the citizens of America during the Great Depression.

Students will examine primary sources to evaluate how FDR inspired confidence in the American people during the Great Depression.  

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How did the American economy and American culture change in the 1920’s and 1930’s?

Students will complete three graphic organizers examining the causes and effects of the Roaring 20's, Great Depression, and New Deal to complete a written response that answers the question posed above.  

Additional DBQ's taken from previous Regents Exams on topics from the 1920's and 1930's.

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